The Saturday after Riot Fest saw the premiere of You Weren’t There which is a documentary about the Chicago punk rock scene from 1977-1984. The premiere was shown at the Portage Theater and after the movie there...
It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Mario Valencia, best known for being a member of the Flower Leperds, passed away last week. In the 1980s the Flower Leperds were among the many bands living in...
A couple days after Riot Fest I found myself once again at a show with my camera in hand. The reason I was out late on a “school night”? To see Destroy Everything yet again. How can I deny going to see and...
My goal on day two of Riot Fest was to get to the venue around the time Flatfoot 56 were playing so I could check them out again. Once again my plans didn’t work out so well but traffic was a lot better this time...
